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Subject: Re: Interesting endgame (PostModernist vs Tinker)

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 02:38:59 07/20/00

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On July 19, 2000 at 10:54:14, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On July 19, 2000 at 09:33:55, Andrew Williams wrote:
>
>>Here is a position that arose in a game on ICC today (PGN below):
>>
>>[D] 8/1N6/6p1/2K1k2p/8/1PP5/8/8 w - -  acd 11; acn 576768; acs 5; ce 772; fmvn
>>60; hmvc 0; id "PostModernist vs Tinker"; pm Kc6 ; pv 60. Kc6 h4 61. Nc5 Kf4 62.
>>Kd5
>>
>>Notice that my program gives a score of +7.72 after a depth 11 search. What
>>happened in fact is that Tinker managed to force home its g-pawn and win. I
>>was wondering whether PM missed something here. After a longer search, PM
>>prefers Kc4, but it's not clear if White can do better than draw.
>>
>>I'd be interested in any opinions on this position, either silicon- or
>>carbon-generated :-)
>
>Can't give a carbon generated answer. Yace seems eventually to think this is
>draw.
>
>First column is nodes, second time, third eval. A appended "H" in PV means, that
>this move is from the hash (and may be different now, than at the time the
>move was searched). In fail low or fail high case, I also show the meaningless
>PV, that actually failed. null is a nullmove. Under certain cirumstances, Yace
>will do null moves in endgame like poistions at the leaves of the search tree.
>
>AMD K6-2 300, 4-men and some 5-men EGTBs.
>
>[...]
>
>     69406 1.239    281  9. : Nb7d6 h5h4 Nd6c4+ Ke5e4 Kc5b4 h4h3 Nc4d2+ Ke4e3
>                              Nd2f1+ Ke3e4 (320)
>     86883 1.354    283 10t : Nb7d6 h5h4 Nd6c4+ Ke5e4 Kc5b4 h4h3 Nc4d2+ Ke4e3
>                              Nd2f1+ Ke3e2 Nf1g3+ Ke2d3 (320)
>    102986 1.458    283 10. : Nb7d6 h5h4 Nd6c4+ Ke5e4 Kc5b4 h4h3 Nc4d2+ Ke4e3
>                              Nd2f1+ Ke3e2 Nf1g3+ Ke2d3 (320)
>[failed low for Nd6]
>    230769 2.100    234 11t+: Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 null Kf4e5 b3b4 Ke5f4
>                              (320)
>    246843 2.208    270 11t : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 Nd3f2 h3h2
>                              b3b4 g6g5 b4b5 g5g4 (320)
>    249441 2.227    271 11t+: Kc5c6 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 c3c4 h3h2
>                              Nd3f2 g6g5 c4c5 g5g4 (320)
>    252477 2.264    271 11t : Kc5c6 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 c3c4 h3h2
>                              Nd3f2 g6g5 c4c5 g5g4 (320)
>    258748 2.314    271 11. : Kc5c6 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 c3c4 h3h2
>                              Nd3f2 g6g5 c4c5 g5g4 (320)
>    314993 2.642    266 12t : Kc5c6 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 b3b4 h3h2
>                              Nd3f2 g6g5 b4b5 g5g4 b5b6 g4g3 (320)
>    360014 2.907    267 12t+: Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f6 null h4h3 Kc4d4 h3h2
>                              Nc5e4+ Kf6f5 Ne4g3+ Kf5f4H (320)
>    397595 3.196    270 12t : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 Nd3f2 h3h2
>                              b3b4 g6g5 b4b5 g5g4 b5b6 g4g3 (320)
>    497342 3.841    271 12t+: Kc5b5 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 c3c4 h3h2
>                              Nd3f2 Kf5e5 null Ke5d6 nullH nullHR (320)
>    502534 3.896    270 12t-: Kc5b5 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 c3c4 h3h2
>                              Nd3f2 Kf5f4 c4c5 Kf4f3H Kb5b6H Kf3xf2H c5c6H (0)
>    528783 4.063    271 12t+: Kc5b4 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 c3c4 h3h2
>                              Nd3f2 Kf5e5 null Ke5d6 nullH nullHR (320)
>    534420 4.116    272 12t : Kc5b4 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 c3c4 h3h2
>                              Nd3f2 Kf5f4 c4c5 Kf4f3 Nf2h1 Kf3e4 (320)
>    537364 4.144    272 12. : Kc5b4 h5h4 Nb7c5 h4h3 Nc5d3+ Ke5f5 c3c4 h3h2
>                              Nd3f2 Kf5f4 c4c5 Kf4f3 Nf2h1 Kf3e4 (320)
>   1317153 8.064    222 13--: Kc5b4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Nc5d3+ Kf4g3 Nd3f4 Kg3xf4
>                              Kb4b5 null c3c4 (0)
>   1596859 9.408      0 13t : Kc5b4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Nc5e6+ Kf4g4 Ne6c5 Kg4f4
>                              (320)
>   1635421 9.622      1 13t+: Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Nc5d3+ Kf4g3 Kc4d4 h4h3
>                              Kd4e3 h3h2 Nd3f2 Kg3g2 c3c4 h2h1=N (100)
>   1733738 10.10    178 13t : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 h3h2
>                              Nc5d3+ Kf4g3 Nd3f2 Kg3g2 c3c4 h2h1=Q Nf2xh1
>                              Kg2xh1 (100)
>   1955308 11.32    178 13. : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 h3h2
>                              Nc5d3+ Kf4g3 Nd3f2 Kg3g2 c3c4 h2h1=Q Nf2xh1
>                              Kg2xh1 (100)
>[...]
>   7847121 47.06    184 17. : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 h3h2
>                              Nc5d3+ Kf4g3 Nd3f2 Kg3g2 c3c4 g6g5 c4c5 h2h1=Q
>                              Nf2xh1 Kg2xh1 b3b4 (100)
>  18018452 101.7    134 18--: Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 h3h2
>                              c3c4 h2h1=Q Nc5e6+ Kf4e4 Ne6g5+ Ke4e5 b3b4 null
>                              Ke2f2 (-580)
>  23191941 128.7     -9 18t : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 h3h2
>                              Nc5d3+ Kf4g3 Nd3f2 Kg3g2 c3c4 g6g5 c4c5 g5g4
>                              Nf2h1 Kg2xh1 c5c6 (0)
>  31352435 176.0     -9 18. : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 h3h2
>                              Nc5d3+ Kf4g3 Nd3f2 Kg3g2 c3c4 g6g5 c4c5 g5g4
>                              Nf2h1 Kg2xh1 c5c6 (0)
>  33191885 189.2     41 19++: Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 Kf4g3
>                              Nc5d3 Kg3h2 null g6g5 null g5g4 (320)
>  34585251 198.2    100 19t : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 Kf4g3
>                              Nc5d3 h3h2 Nd3f2 g6g5 Ke2f1 g5g4 c3c4 Kg3f3
>                              Nf2h1 g4g3 Nh1xg3 Kf3xg3 Kf1e2H h2h1=QH <HT>
>                              (-800)
>  39064610 231.1    100 19. : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 Kf4g3
>                              Nc5d3 h3h2 Nd3f2 g6g5 Ke2f1 g5g4 c3c4 Kg3f3
>                              Nf2h1 g4g3 Nh1xg3 Kf3xg3 Kf1e2 h2h1=Q <HT> (-800)
> 116492946 777.1     50 20--: Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 Kf4g3
>                              Nc5d3 h3h2 Nd3f2 g6g5 Ke2f1 g5g4 c3c4 Kg3f3
>                              Nf2h1 g4g3 Nh1f2 g3xf2 c4c5 (0)
> 120786319 815.6    150 20++: Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 Kf4g3
>                              Nc5d3 h3h2 Nd3f2 g6g5 Ke2f1 g5g4 b3b4 Kg3f3 null
>                              Kf3g3 (320)
> 126925181 860.3      0 20t : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 Kf4g3
>                              Nc5d3 h3h2 Nd3f2 g6g5 Ke2f1 g5g4 Nf2e4+ Kg3f3
>                              Ne4g5+ Kf3g3 Ng5e4+ (320)
> 148416525 1039.2      0 20. : Kc5c4 h5h4 Nb7c5 Ke5f4 Kc4d3 h4h3 Kd3e2 Kf4g3
>                              Nc5d3 h3h2 Nd3f2 g6g5 Ke2f1 g5g4 Nf2e4+ Kg3f3
>                              Ne4g5+ Kf3g3 Ng5e4+ (320)
>
>Regards,
>Dieter

Hi Dieter,

Last night I got my program to have a look at the position after 60. Kc4 h4
It seems that Black wins in that position. It looks like the only saving move
is 60. Nd8! which leads to a draw. See Dann Corbit's post for crafty's output.

Cheers

Andrew



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